The Indifferent Prince's Substitute

In the Summer Resort, Rong Yuan stood by the window, watching the continuous rain outside the window.An hour ago, the queen mother was delivered, and he was about to turn around and return to the capital when it suddenly rained heavily.After more than half an hour, it gradually decreased when the sky darkened.

This is on the mountain, and it has rained again, and the mountain road is even more muddy and difficult to walk. I can only wait until dawn tomorrow before returning to the capital.

"My lord." A court lady came in and blessed her body, and said softly, "The queen mother asked the slaves to take you to take a bath."

Rong Yuan turned around and followed the little maid to go out. There was a long corridor leading to the courtyard, and walking under the corridor could not get caught in the rain.

The little lady-in-waiting led the way with a lantern.The empress dowager lived in another courtyard with her family members, the huge summer resort, which became more and more quiet amidst the sound of rain at night, only the lantern in the hand of the little palace lady was dimly shining.

The little maid led him around a few long corridors, stopped by a hot spring pool, and said: "Here we are. Please go in and use it slowly, my lord. The servants are waiting outside. If there is anything you need, the lord will call the servants."

Rong Yuan nodded and stepped in.

Lanterns are hung on the stone walls around the hot spring pool, and there are several large and small hot spring pools in this one.Rong Yuan chose a hot spring pool and walked to the pool to stand still. He was about to untie his belt when suddenly there was a slight sound of water splashing behind him. He paused and turned to look behind him.

In a pool not far behind, a person was splashing water on his body. His long wet hair was attached to his white shoulders and soaked in the pool, revealing his bare upper body.

"Ah!" The man turned around, and when he saw Rong Yuan standing not far away, he let out an exclamation.

Rong Yuan recognized him, it was Concubine Rong's younger brother, Zhao Qing.

"My lord." Zhao Qing hurriedly swam to the side of the pool, sank into the water, only showing a pair of round shoulders, embarrassed to call out.

Rong Yuan nodded slightly, turned around and walked out.

Concubine Rong's younger brother is outstanding in appearance and slender in stature. On the way here, Rong Xu took great care of him, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was interesting.If he was alone with him, there might be some gossip, he didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.

"My lord!" Zhao Qing urgently called out from behind, followed by "Snake! There are snakes! My lord, help me!"

Rong Yuan paused, turned around, and saw Zhao Qing lying naked by the pool, and a small snake slipped away from the pool.

"My lord, I was bitten by a snake..." Zhao Qing lay on the ground, looking up at him helplessly, her wet little face, her petal-like lips trembling slightly, her jade white body curled up, under the dim candlelight of the lantern , with the charm of several people.

If it was any other man, he would have already swallowed his saliva and stepped forward, hugging the naked beauty into his arms.Rong Yuan just gave him a cold look, and said, "I'll find someone to come in."

He turned around and went out, Zhao Qing clenched his fists and bit his lip bitterly.

Rong Yuan went out and called the little maid outside to go in to take care of Zhao Qing, then went to inform Rong Xu, and went back to his room to rest.

The next morning, he went to ask the queen mother to resign and leave. The queen mother said to him: "Ah Ching's leg was bitten by a poisonous snake last night. The imperial doctor who accompanied him said that the poison was something special. He didn't bring any antidote with him. He had to go back to the capital." , you can take him back together by the way."

Rong Yuan was silent for a moment, and replied, "Yes."

"Let Rong Xu go back together." He added, "If there is any inconvenience on the way, he can help."

So the three of them started on the road together, Rong Yuan rode in front on horseback, Zhao Qing, Rong Xu and a maid sat in the carriage together.

In the carriage, Rong Xu was attentively peeling walnuts for Zhao Qing to eat, Zhao Qing raised the curtain of the car, and looked at Rong Yuan in front of him with gloomy eyes.Although his charm is not as good as that of his sister, he has also confused many men. He did not expect that it was completely useless in front of this man last night.

"Ah Qing, eat quickly." Rong Xu peeled a small handful of walnuts and happily brought them to Zhao Qing.

Zhao Qing turned to look at him, put down the car curtain, smiled sweetly at him, and stretched out her fair fingers, "Thank you."

A little dizzy by his laughter, Rong Xu put the walnut into his hand, Zhao Qing bent his fingers, and gently scratched Rong Xu's palm.

Rong Xu's heart trembled, Zhao Qing's soft fingers touched his cheek again, and gently touched his eyes, Rong Xu opened his mouth, his heart was beating fast, the next moment, Rong Xu's eyes suddenly He closed it and fell on Zhao Qing.

Zhao Qing put away the smile on her face, pushed Rong Xu off her body, and glanced at the servant girl beside her, who immediately bent down and put Rong Xu in a sleeping posture facing inward.After finishing, Zhao Qing asked the coachman to stop the carriage and called Rong Yuan over.

Rong Yuan rode over, Zhao Qing lifted the curtain of the car and said to him embarrassedly: "My lord, I think...it's convenient to go down."

Rong Yuan nodded and wanted to leave, but Zhao Qing hurriedly called him back, "My lord can... can you help me go?"

Rong Yuan looked at him with a frown, Zhao Qing let him see Rong Xu lying behind him, bit his lip and said, "Prince Yu fell asleep, I am embarrassed to wake him up."

"If the prince doesn't want to, I'll go by myself." Zhao Qing hurriedly added, then turned to the maid beside her and said, "Ying'er, help me get out of the car."

Just now Ying'er knelt down next to Zhao Qing, motionless, and when Zhao Qing spoke, Ying'er moved and stood up to help Zhao Qing get off the carriage.

Ying'er was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and she was a bit smaller than Zhao Qing. When she was being helped out of the carriage, she lost her balance and Zhao Qing fell to the carriage.Rong Yuan hesitated for a moment, then got off the horse and helped him up.

"Thank you, my lord." Zhao Qing immediately stretched out his hand to hold Rong Yuan's arm, raised his eyes and thanked him gratefully.

Rong Yuan was about to take a step back, brushing away his hand, suddenly his eyes fixed, and the ruby ​​pendant on his waist lit up.

At this moment, Zhao Qing's expression changed, he hurriedly let go of Rong Yuan, staggered back two steps and leaned against the carriage.

The light of the red jade pendant suddenly went out again, Rong Yuan stretched out his hand to press the hilt of the sword on his waist, looked around and didn't pay attention to Zhao Qing's abnormality.

"Go back to the carriage and set off immediately." Rong Yuan stared at the woods on both sides of the road, and said in a deep voice.The last time the ruby ​​pendant lit up was because of encountering those evil spirits in the capital, and now it lights up again, indicating that those evil spirits must be nearby.He knew that those demons would not leave so easily.

When Zhao Qing got on the carriage, the carriage started immediately, Rong Yuan got on the horse again, and led the people away quickly while keeping an eye on the surroundings.

Inside the carriage, Zhao Qing looked down at her burned palm uncertainly.He didn't expect that this human prince actually had a powerful magic weapon that could hurt him.Really underestimated this human being.

Zhao Qing clenched his palms tightly, his eyes flashed a captivating light, he likes challenging things, he must get this human prince.

In the Beiling Palace, Rong Yuan didn't come back all night, Lin Yan comforted himself in his heart, maybe it was delayed because of something in the Summer Resort, and he would be back later.

Thinking about Qian Er who was still living in the inn, he went to the inn after breakfast.Qian Er had just finished eating a plate of steamed stuffed buns. When he saw him coming, he quickly wiped his mouth and stood up. He approached him with a smile and asked, "Young master, shall I take you to see it now?"

"Wait a little longer." Lin Yan said, and after sitting in Qian Er's room for a while, Gu Zhiming brought someone over.

Rong Yuan didn't know when he would come back, so he wrote a note and asked someone to send it to Gu Zhiming, inviting Gu Zhiming to watch it together.

When Gu Zhiming saw the note saying that Qian Er's things were dug out from the ground, he became a little hesitant. He was worried that revealing his identity as Dali Temple would scare Qian Er, so he didn't take them there or took them to the wrong place. He and his subordinates all put on casual clothes, and told Qian Er that they were friends of Lin Yan, and that they were also interested in the things Qian Er bought and wanted to take a look.

When Qian Er heard it, he was ecstatic. His things came from bad sources, and they wouldn't fetch much if they were sent to antique shops.God bless, let him meet these two rich young masters, and he can make a lot of money.

Qian Er couldn't wait to get into the carriage, holding the bank note that Lin Yan gave him yesterday in his arms, happily leading the way.

The carriage left the city and drove all the way to the suburbs.After driving for a while, Lin Yan found that the road looked familiar. When Qian Er stopped the carriage, he got out of the carriage and saw the temple hidden in the dense forest on a high mountain not far away. He suddenly realized that this is not Fuyun Temple.

While leading them to the village, Qian Er cheerfully introduced them, "This small village is at the foot of Fuyun Temple. Look, there is Fuyun Temple over there."

As he spoke, he approached Lin Yan and Gu Zhiming and lowered his voice, "The last time I came here to visit a friend, I happened to meet a family here who was building a house. When digging the foundation, I dug an underground tomb. I heard that there are many pieces of porcelain in it. Good things like this. Everyone took them home, and I also took some with my friend and put them in his house. I will take you to my friend’s house to have a look.”

Qian Er led the way, leading them through farmland and neat rows of houses. Children in the village were playing in the shade of trees by the side of the road, looking at them curiously.Some villagers passed by with hoes on their shoulders and looked at them. Qian Er said that he was visiting a friend, and the villagers enthusiastically showed them the way.

Children were playing and playing together, and a group of ducks swam up from the pond and wobbled across the farmland path.There were women in twos and threes squatting by the pond, beating their clothes and talking with smiles.

This is a very quiet and peaceful little village.

Qian Er stopped at the gate of a courtyard, knocked on the door, and soon a man who looked about the same age as Qian Er came out to answer the door.

"Old Qian." "Old Zhu." Qian Er met his friends and greeted each other.

Qian Er's good friend is Zhu Dequan. He was very happy to see Qian Er, and seeing Lin Yan and Gu Zhiming, he asked Qian Er suspiciously, "Who are these people..."

"Customers, they want to buy the things they dug out from the ground last time." Entering the yard, Qian Er lowered his voice and urged his friend, "You didn't sell it to someone else, did you? Take us to have a look."

Who knew that Zhu Dequan looked at him suspiciously, "What did you say? What was dug out of the ground?"

Qian Er was taken aback, and then explained a few more words. Zhu Dequan looked blank, denying that the village once dug a tomb in the ground when digging the foundation, and took out a lot of things.

Qian Er stamped his feet angrily, wondering why his friend suddenly lost his memory.He went to look for it by himself, but he searched all over the yard, and the porcelain that he brought back with his friends really disappeared.

Qian Er didn't believe in evil, so he took Lin Yan and Gu Zhiming to the place where the foundation was dug, but found that there were lush green grass, many cows grazing there, and there was no house at all.

Qian Er was dumbfounded, Lin Yan and Gu Zhiming looked at each other, Gu Zhiming frowned.

Asking Lin Yan and Qian Er to go back to the carriage, Gu Zhiming went to the village to inquire about the foundation, and found that the villagers were all in a daze, and there was no such thing as digging the foundation.

Unable to find a clue, Gu Zhiming proposed to go back first, but when he left, there was a sudden thick fog.